Re: HOW MANY OLD TIMERS REMEMBER THESE PLAYTHINGS

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My Dear Nostolgic Poster!!!!

How can you have forgotten fireflies!

I leave it to you to elaborate. . ..

[Guest guest]

lol...I remember most of that...I also remember playing corner baseball, jumping out of the loft onto a pile of hay, packing a lunch and a book and taking off on my horse at daybreak and not going home till dark.....so many fun things we did...climbing the hill across the road and staying out there playing till we HAD to go home..tag and other running jumping games...

Jane

[Guest guest]

We played flashlight tag in the dark and

Statues...where you would hang on to someone's arm and drag them in a circle as fast as you could and then let go. They had to freeze in the position they landed until everyone got thrown..no one ever got their arm dislocated...lol

We put playing cards on the spokes of our bike wheels. We thought we sounded sooo cool.

We were always playing school...alot of kids hated the real thing but loved to play it.

Red Rover was always fun espcially if you had a lot of kids.

London Bridge, Tag, and A Tisket a Tasket a Green and Yellow Basket...do kids play these games any more?

4 Square

Jacks

So much fun...

Maggie

Doe's anyone remember these kinds of free pastimes. They were so much fun AND THEY DIDN'T COST ANYTHING.Swinging across a creek on a wild grapevine. -- Pulling young strong tree saplings down to the ground and while some held the top of the tree down on the ground one person would straddle the tree top then the ones holding it down would let go and send the person hanging on flying through the air. Then you had to hope that they were going to pull it back down for you so you could get off - HA.Clamping our shoes into large tin cans and walking around with them on our shoes.Making a large paddle and rolling a wheel around with the paddle.AND of course jumping rope. Throwing something over the roof of a building and yelling INDY OVER - someone on the other side was supposed to catch it.Gathering cattails and soaking them in kerosene and then lighting them for torches.Playing cops and robbers, cowboys and indians, Hide and Seek,Blind Man's Bluff (I only remember this name - I can't quite remember how it was played - it might have been where someone was blindfolded and then they got spun around and around to make them lose their sense of direction and then they had to find something???I'm sure there was more but I can't think of them right now.These were all LOTS OF FUN -Before the days of TV when we actually enjoyed going outside and playing.OK - NOW IT'S SOMEONE ELSE'S TURN!!!

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Hi everyone!

I for the longest time held out on buying a computer

for my home- until my kids were truly affected by it

at school!! Unbelievable!! So i finally broke down,

but I really make sure that my kids get alot of the "

old school " play time- they loved it when they were

little- made fun of me when they got older- but

appreciate it too- some of their friends had never

heard of some of the games we play ( that sbrown

describled) and after playing for about 5 minutes we

have all the neighborhood kids in our yard playing

too-

It is really hard to bring kids up nowdays like we

were simply because the rest of the world is leaving

that way of life behind- so i try really hard to give

them a blend of both worlds so that the way of life we

knew won't simply dissapear- and we also don't have a

tv in our living room- which they balked at but we do

talk more and play and have more fun- with " just us "

i do miss the " old days " (sigh)

hope everyone has a beautiful night-

cherise

--- sbrown857@... wrote:

> Doe's anyone remember these kinds of free pastimes.

> They were so much fun AN

> D THEY DIDN'T COST ANYTHING.

> Swinging across a creek on a wild grapevine. --

> Pulling young strong tree

> saplings down to the ground and while some held the

> top of the tree down on the

> ground one person would straddle the tree top then

> the ones holding it down

> would let go and send the person hanging on flying

> through the air. Then you

> had to hope that they were going to pull it back

> down for you so you could get

> off - HA.

> Clamping our shoes into large tin cans and walking

> around with them on our

> shoes.

> Making a large paddle and rolling a wheel around

> with the paddle.

> AND of course jumping rope.

> Throwing something over the roof of a building and

> yelling INDY OVER -

> someone on the other side was supposed to catch it.

> Gathering cattails and soaking them in kerosene and

> then lighting them for

> torches.

> Playing cops and robbers, cowboys and indians, Hide

> and Seek,

> Blind Man's Bluff (I only remember this name - I

> can't quite remember how it

> was played - it might have been where someone was

> blindfolded and then they

> got spun around and around to make them lose their

> sense of direction and then

> they had to find something???

> I'm sure there was more but I can't think of them

> right now.

> These were all LOTS OF FUN -Before the days of TV

> when we actually enjoyed

> going outside and playing.

> OK - NOW IT'S SOMEONE ELSE'S TURN!!!

> Shirley from Southern Illinois

> n a message dated 6/8/2006 6:06:11 PM Central

> Standard Time, jjsmth@...

> writes:

>

> > Subj: (no subject)

> > Date: 6/8/2006 6:06:11 PM Central Standard Time

> > From: jjsmth@...

> > Reply-to: thefatmanwalking_group

> > To: _T@...

> > Sent from the Internet

> >

> > Subject: Fw: old enough

> >

> > Another Goody For The Oldtimers

> >

> > My Mom used to cut chicken, chop eggs and spread

> mayo on the same cutting

> > board with the same knife and no bleach, but we

> didn't seem to

> > get food poisoning.

> >

> > My Mom used to defrost hamburger on the counter

> AND I used to eat it raw

> > sometimes, too. Our school sandwiches were wrapped

> in wax paper in a brown

> > paper bag, not in icepack coolers, but I can't

> remember getting e.coli.

> >

> > Almost all of us would have rather gone swimming

> in the lake instead of a

> > pristine pool (talk about boring), no beach

> closures then.

> >

> > The term cell phone would have conjured up a

> phone in a jail cell, and a

> > pager was the school PA system.

> >

> > We all took gym, not PE... and risked permanent

> injury with a pair of high

> > top Ked's (only worn in gym)

> > instead of having cross-training athletic shoes

> with air cushion soles and

> > built in light reflectors. I can't recall any

> injuries but they must have

> > happened because they tell us how much safer we

> are now.

> >

> > Flunking gym was not an option... even for stupid

> kids! I guess PE must be

> > much harder than gym.

> >

> > Speaking of school, we all said prayers and sang

> the national anthem, and

> > staying in detention after school caught all sorts

> of negative attention.

> >

> > We must have had horribly damaged psyches. What

> an archaic health system

> > we had then. Remember school nurses? I don`t

> either because my schools never

> >

> > had one.

> >

> > Cops in schools?? They call them Resource

> Officers nowdays but we never

> > had them either. Now they are even in Jr High.

> >

> > I thought that I was supposed to accomplish

> something before I was allowed

> > to be proud of myself.

> >

> > I just can't recall how bored we were without

> computers, Play Station,

> > Nintendo, X-box or 270 digital TV cable stations.

> >

> > Oh yeah... and where was the Benadryl and

> sterilization kit when I got

> > that bee sting? I could have been killed!

> >

> > We played 'king of the hill' on piles of gravel

> left on vacant

> > construction sites, and when we got hurt, Mom

> pulled out the 48-cent bottle

> > of Mercurochrome (kids liked it better because it

> didn't sting like iodine

> > did) and then we got our butt spanked.

> >

> > Now it's a trip to the emergency room, followed

> by a 10-day dose of a $49

> > bottle of antibiotics, and then Mom calls the

> attorney to sue the contractor

> >

> > for leaving a horribly vicious pile of gravel

> where it was such a threat.

> >

> > We didn't act up at the neighbor's house either

> because if we did, we got

> > our butt spanked there and then we got butt

> spanked again when we got home.

> >

> > I recall the kid from next door coming over and

> doing his tricks on the

> > front stoop, just before he fell off. Little did

> his Mom know that she could

> >

> > have owned our house. Instead, she picked him up

> and swatted him for being

> > such a goof. It was a neighborhood run amuck.

> >

> > To top it off, not a single person I knew had

> ever been told that they

> > were from a dysfunctional family. How could we

> possibly have known that?

> >

> > We needed to get into group therapy and anger

> management classes? We were

> > obviously so duped by so many societal ills, that

> we didn't even notice that

> >

> > the entire country wasn't taking Prozac! How did

> we ever survive?

> >

> > LOVE TO ALL OF US WHO SHARED THIS ERA, AND TO ALL

> WHO DIDN'T- SORRY FOR

> > WHAT YOU MISSED. I WOULDN'T TRADE IT FOR ANYTHING

> >

> >

> >

> > Pass this to someone (over age 40, of course),

> and brighten their day by

> > helping them to remember that life's most simple

> pleasures are very often

> > the best!

> >

> >

> >

> >

> >

> >

>

>

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[Guest guest]

Glad to know there are parents like you out there. Your kids are lucky!

W.

Re: HOW MANY OLD TIMERS REMEMBER THESE PLAYTHINGS

Hi everyone! I for the longest time held out on buying a computerfor my home- until my kids were truly affected by itat school!! Unbelievable!! So i finally broke down,but I really make sure that my kids get alot of the "old school" play time- they loved it when they werelittle- made fun of me when they got older- butappreciate it too- some of their friends had neverheard of some of the games we play ( that sbrowndescribled) and after playing for about 5 minutes wehave all the neighborhood kids in our yard playingtoo- It is really hard to bring kids up nowdays like wewere simply because the rest of the world is leavingthat way of life behind- so i try really hard to givethem a blend of both worlds so that the way of life weknew won't simply dissapear- and we also don't have atv in our living room- which they balked at but we dotalk more and play and have more fun- with "just us" i do miss the " old days" (sigh) hope everyone has a beautiful night- cherise--- sbrown857aol wrote:>

..

[Guest guest]

Thanks ! I am just happy to be here in this group with

so many wonderful people- !!!!

--- labtrek1941 wrote:

> Glad to know there are parents like you out there.

> Your kids are lucky!

> W.

> Re: HOW MANY OLD

> TIMERS REMEMBER THESE PLAYTHINGS

>

>

> Hi everyone!

>

> I for the longest time held out on buying a

> computer

> for my home- until my kids were truly affected by

> it

> at school!! Unbelievable!! So i finally broke

> down,

> but I really make sure that my kids get alot of

> the "

> old school " play time- they loved it when they

> were

> little- made fun of me when they got older- but

> appreciate it too- some of their friends had never

> heard of some of the games we play ( that sbrown

> describled) and after playing for about 5 minutes

> we

> have all the neighborhood kids in our yard playing

> too-

> It is really hard to bring kids up nowdays like we

> were simply because the rest of the world is

> leaving

> that way of life behind- so i try really hard to

> give

> them a blend of both worlds so that the way of

> life we

> knew won't simply dissapear- and we also don't

> have a

> tv in our living room- which they balked at but we

> do

> talk more and play and have more fun- with " just

> us "

> i do miss the " old days " (sigh)

> hope everyone has a beautiful night-

> cherise

>

> --- sbrown857@... wrote:

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Growing up here, you could ride your horse on the beach. Now you cannot even take your dog on the beach, not even on a leash. We used to take off on our horses too, and not come home til dark. We would spend all morning catching crabs with scrap meat from the butcher and a scoop net, and then sell them to neighbors for spending money. Great way to pass a summer day. There were patches of woods everywhere where we played cowboys and other fantasy role playing games. Before we got horses we roamed everywhere in groups of kids on bicycles, dogs following. My kids never had the joy of taking the dogs around everywhere, off leash. What a wonderful time to be growing up that was, and we did not realize that it was not going to last forever for kids. I hope it is still like that somewhere for kids..

W

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lol...I remember most of that...I also remember playing corner baseball, jumping out of the loft onto a pile of hay, packing a lunch and a book and taking off on my horse at daybreak and not going home till dark.....so many fun things we did...climbing the hill across the road and staying out there playing till we HAD to go home..tag and other running jumping games...

Jane

[Guest guest]

Remember all of those, Maggie May. I asked my 26 year old daughter, and she remembers all but the bike/card thing She had a bike, but there was never a safe place to ride it.

We lived on bikes when I was growing up till we got horses, then forgot the poor bikes.

W

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We played flashlight tag in the dark and

Statues...where you would hang on to someone's arm and drag them in a circle as fast as you could and then let go. They had to freeze in the position they landed until everyone got thrown..no one ever got their arm dislocated...lol

We put playing cards on the spokes of our bike wheels. We thought we sounded sooo cool.

We were always playing school...alot of kids hated the real thing but loved to play it.

Red Rover was always fun espcially if you had a lot of kids.

London Bridge, Tag, and A Tisket a Tasket a Green and Yellow Basket...do kids play these games any more?

4 Square

Jacks

So much fun...

Maggie

Doe's anyone remember these kinds of free pastimes. They were so much fun AND THEY DIDN'T COST ANYTHING.Swinging across a creek on a wild grapevine. -- Pulling young strong tree saplings down to the ground and while some held the top of the tree down on the ground one person would straddle the tree top then the ones holding it down would let go and send the person hanging on flying through the air. Then you had to hope that they were going to pull it back down for you so you could get off - HA.Clamping our shoes into large tin cans and walking around with them on our shoes.Making a large paddle and rolling a wheel around with the paddle.AND of course jumping rope. Throwing something over the roof of a building and yelling INDY OVER - someone on the other side was supposed to catch it.Gathering cattails and soaking them in kerosene and then lighting them for torches.Playing cops and robbers, cowboys and indians, Hide and Seek,Blind Man's Bluff (I only remember this name - I can't quite remember how it was played - it might have been where someone was blindfolded and then they got spun around and around to make them lose their sense of direction and then they had to find something???I'm sure there was more but I can't think of them right now.These were all LOTS OF FUN -Before the days of TV when we actually enjoyed going outside and playing.OK - NOW IT'S SOMEONE ELSE'S TURN!!!

[Guest guest]

>

> Doe's anyone remember these kinds of free pastimes. They were so

much fun AN

> D THEY DIDN'T COST ANYTHING.

> Swinging across a creek on a wild grapevine.

nope, no trees or vines suitable here, we rock hopped!

-- Pulling young strong tree

> saplings down to the ground and while some held the top of the tree

down on the

> ground one person would straddle the tree top then the ones holding

it down

> would let go and send the person hanging on flying through the air.

no, but we did have the occasional branch that we could pull down and

ride on

Then you

> Clamping our shoes into large tin cans and walking around with them

on our

> shoes.

yep! never worked well though, rubberband broke! was lots of fun though.

> Making a large paddle and rolling a wheel around with the paddle.

no, we had tractor tires and would get in!

> AND of course jumping rope.

yep! & chinese jump rope!

> Throwing something over the roof of a building and yelling INDY OVER

yep!

> someone on the other side was supposed to catch it.

> Gathering cattails and soaking them in kerosene and then lighting

them for

> torches.

darn it, that would have been fun! we just disassembled our fireworks

and then put them in pipes to launch them.

> Playing cops and robbers, cowboys and indians, Hide and Seek,

> Blind Man's Bluff

yeah, and tag & hide n seek, & Red Rover & Duck Duck Goose & musical

Chairs

and seeing who could catch the most lady bugs.

who could make the grass whistle

who could braid the longest daisy (or dandelion) chain

who could find the most 4 leaf clovers

slip n slide

bubbles

frisbee

and bicycle trains!

laurie

[Guest guest]

We always wondered how to play Tisket & Tasket! someone had played it

once and knew a rhyme, but no one knew how to play!

laurie

>

>

> We played flashlight tag in the dark and

> Statues...where you would hang on to someone's arm and drag them in

a circle

> as fast as you could and then let go. They had to freeze in the

position

> they landed until everyone got thrown..no one ever got their arm

dislocated...lol

> We put playing cards on the spokes of our bike wheels. We thought

we sounded

> sooo cool.

> We were always playing school...alot of kids hated the real thing

but loved

> to play it.

> Red Rover was always fun espcially if you had a lot of kids.

> London Bridge, Tag, and A Tisket a Tasket a Green and Yellow

Basket...do

> kids play these games any more?

> 4 Square

> Jacks

> So much fun...

> Maggie

>

>

>

>

>

>

> Doe's anyone remember these kinds of free pastimes. They were so

much fun

> AND THEY DIDN'T COST ANYTHING.

> Swinging across a creek on a wild grapevine. -- Pulling young

strong tree

> saplings down to the ground and while some held the top of the tree

down on

> the ground one person would straddle the tree top then the ones

holding it down

> would let go and send the person hanging on flying through the air.

Then

> you had to hope that they were going to pull it back down for you

so you could

> get off - HA.

> Clamping our shoes into large tin cans and walking around with them

on our

> shoes.

> Making a large paddle and rolling a wheel around with the paddle.

> AND of course jumping rope.

> Throwing something over the roof of a building and yelling INDY OVER -

> someone on the other side was supposed to catch it.

> Gathering cattails and soaking them in kerosene and then lighting

them for

> torches.

> Playing cops and robbers, cowboys and indians, Hide and Seek,

> Blind Man's Bluff (I only remember this name - I can't quite

remember how it

> was played - it might have been where someone was blindfolded and

then they

> got spun around and around to make them lose their sense of

direction and

> then they had to find something???

> I'm sure there was more but I can't think of them right now.

> These were all LOTS OF FUN -Before the days of TV when we actually

enjoyed

> going outside and playing.

> OK - NOW IT'S SOMEONE ELSE'S TURN!!!

>

[Guest guest]

Oh, yes. Thank you for reminding. What magic they were!

Re: HOW MANY OLD TIMERS REMEMBER THESE PLAYTHINGS

My Dear Nostolgic Poster!!!!

How can you have forgotten fireflies!

I leave it to you to elaborate. . ..

[Guest guest]

And we are so happy you are here with us, Cherise

Re: HOW MANY OLD> TIMERS REMEMBER THESE PLAYTHINGS> > > Hi everyone! > > I for the longest time held out on buying a> computer> for my home- until my kids were truly affected by> it> at school!! Unbelievable!! So i finally broke> down,> but I really make sure that my kids get alot of> the "> old school" play time- they loved it when they> were> little- made fun of me when they got older- but> appreciate it too- some of their friends had never> heard of some of the games we play ( that sbrown> describled) and after playing for about 5 minutes> we> have all the neighborhood kids in our yard playing> too- > It is really hard to bring kids up nowdays like we> were simply because the rest of the world is> leaving> that way of life behind- so i try really hard to> give> them a blend of both worlds so that the way of> life we> knew won't simply dissapear- and we also don't> have a> tv in our living room- which they balked at but we> do> talk more and play and have more fun- with "just> us" > i do miss the " old days" (sigh) > hope everyone has a beautiful night- > cherise> > --- sbrown857aol wrote:> > > > We Made Changes> Your Yahoo! Groups email is all new.> > Learn More> > > Share Feedback> > Recent Activity> a.. 14New Members> Visit Your Group >

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If I remember correctly, Laurie, you had to capture someone in a "basket" made of a circle created by two people clasping hands and making a circle of their arms. I knew the little song better than the game, but seem to remember playing it in elementary school.

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We always wondered how to play Tisket & Tasket! someone had played itonce and knew a rhyme, but no one knew how to play!laurie>> > We played flashlight tag in the dark and> Statues...where you would hang on to someone's arm and drag them ina circle > as fast as you could and then let go. They had to freeze in theposition > they landed until everyone got thrown..no one ever got their armdislocated...lol> We put playing cards on the spokes of our bike wheels. We thought we sounded > sooo cool.> We were always playing school...alot of kids hated the real thing but loved > to play it.> Red Rover was always fun espcially if you had a lot of kids.> London Bridge, Tag, and A Tisket a Tasket a Green and Yellow Basket...do > kids play these games any more?> 4 Square> Jacks> So much fun...> Maggie> > > > > > > Doe's anyone remember these kinds of free pastimes. They were somuch fun > AND THEY DIDN'T COST ANYTHING.> Swinging across a creek on a wild grapevine. -- Pulling youngstrong tree > saplings down to the ground and while some held the top of the treedown on > the ground one person would straddle the tree top then the onesholding it down > would let go and send the person hanging on flying through the air.Then > you had to hope that they were going to pull it back down for youso you could > get off - HA.> Clamping our shoes into large tin cans and walking around with themon our > shoes.> Making a large paddle and rolling a wheel around with the paddle.> AND of course jumping rope. > Throwing something over the roof of a building and yelling INDY OVER - > someone on the other side was supposed to catch it.> Gathering cattails and soaking them in kerosene and then lightingthem for > torches.> Playing cops and robbers, cowboys and indians, Hide and Seek,> Blind Man's Bluff (I only remember this name - I can't quiteremember how it > was played - it might have been where someone was blindfolded andthen they > got spun around and around to make them lose their sense ofdirection and > then they had to find something???> I'm sure there was more but I can't think of them right now.> These were all LOTS OF FUN -Before the days of TV when we actuallyenjoyed > going outside and playing.> OK - NOW IT'S SOMEONE ELSE'S TURN!!!>

[Guest guest]

NOW IT'S SOMEONE ELSE'S TURN!!!

Shirley I fondly remember all the things you mentioned.

Thanks

D

[Guest guest]

OK, that thing about the son letting them go is about the sweetest thing I ever heard.

Dear group, I am almost ready to (gosh) share my writing about a very fat man. Writing about him helped me fight my demons. I didn't want to share it because it felt off topic from Steve, but I have a good feeling about this group. . .meglet

[Guest guest]

The way we played it was all of us got in a circle and one person was made "IT." They skipped around the circle carrying a hanky while we all sang..."A tisket a tasket a green and yellow basket. I wrote a letter to my love and on the way, I lost it...I lost it." The "IT" person dropped the hanky behind a person when the song ended and began to run around the circle. That person was supposed to pick up the hanky and start running after the "IT " person and try to tag them before they got to where the hanky was dropped. I haven't played it for probably 50 years, but all the fun comes flooding back.

Maggie

If I remember correctly, Laurie, you had to capture someone in a "basket" made of a circle created by two people clasping hands and making a circle of their arms. I knew the little song better than the game, but seem to remember playing it in elementary school.

[Guest guest]

So did anyone make stilts out of poles and blocks of wood? I remember doing that too...we had a lot of fun falling all over ourselves!

Jane

[Guest guest]

I think it is amazing how much fun we had before we realized we could injure ourselves. So sad to have it all gone. I think someone said it well when they said a slip on a banana peel used to be a joke and now it is a lawsuit.

Jane

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A variation of this was on the 4'th of July or New Year's Eve when firecrackers were allowed we (us kids) would get an emtied tin can. Make sure the top was completely open. Punch a small nail hole in the bottom middle of the can. Stick the fuse of the firecracker through the nail hole. Invert the can on the ground. Light the firecracker fuse & run like mad. then watch the resulting launching of the can into the air from the explosion.

I would guess in coal mining country you would remember this one

Find a bottle with a screw on cap

Put in about 1/4 cup of carbide

add water

quickly screw on cap

pitch the bottle and run

expanding gas would blow up the bottle. We used the carbide in head lanterns for moonlight hunting.

ps

Around 1936 there was one home in the area that installed carbide lights in their house. I think they must have been rich folks.

[Guest guest]

So did anyone make stilts out of poles and blocks of wood? I remember doing that too...we had a lot of fun falling all over ourselves!

Yes we did that too Jane

[Guest guest]

I grew up in RI and loved fireflies (we called them lightening bugs). I remember some being red and others blue or white. There may have been green ones. I no longer live in RI and have seen fireflies only a few times while traveling and they are always white. Now people tell me that they have only seen white ones (even a long time ago). Does anyone remember them coming in any other colors?

No, I've never taken LSD (or any other drug), lol.

Elaine

My Dear Nostolgic Poster!!!!

How can you have forgotten fireflies!

I leave it to you to elaborate. . ..

[Guest guest]

those darn flashbacks are hell- huh Elaine!!! lol (just kidding!!) they are green up here in pa- they haven't come out yet this year- i await anxiously! sometimes i leave my bedroom window open at night and once in awhile one fill grace me and fly around my room for awhile- it is truly beautiful- then i thank him by letting him go back outside- hope everyone is having a great day!!!! cheriseElaine wrote: I grew up in RI and loved fireflies (we called them lightening bugs). I remember some being

red and others blue or white. There may have been green ones. I no longer live in RI and have seen fireflies only a few times while traveling and they are always white. Now people tell me that they have only seen white ones (even a long time ago). Does anyone remember them coming in any other colors? No, I've never taken LSD (or any other drug), lol. Elaine My Dear Nostolgic Poster!!!! How can you have forgotten fireflies! I leave it to you to elaborate. . .. __________________________________________________

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Do not remember any glowing blue, but yes to yellowish and greenish. We do not have as many here as in my childhood either. Swampy and lots of mosquitoes here, so trucks come around and fog. I always wonder what all else they kill besides the mosquitoes.

W.

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I grew up in RI and loved fireflies (we called them lightening bugs). I remember some being red and others blue or white. There may have been green ones. I no longer live in RI and have seen fireflies only a few times while traveling and they are always white. Now people tell me that they have only seen white ones (even a long time ago). Does anyone remember them coming in any other colors?

No, I've never taken LSD (or any other drug), lol.

Elaine

My Dear Nostolgic Poster!!!!

How can you have forgotten fireflies!

I leave it to you to elaborate. . ..

[Guest guest]

Good point, .

Elaine

Do not remember any glowing blue, but yes to yellowish and greenish. We do not have as many here as in my childhood either. Swampy and lots of mosquitoes here, so trucks come around and fog. I always wonder what all else they kill besides the mosquitoes.

W.

[Guest guest]

A variation of this was on the 4'th of July or New Year's Eve when firecrackers

were allowed we (us kids) would get an emtied tin can. Make sure the top was

completely open. Punch a small nail hole in the bottom middle of the can. Stick

the fuse of the firecracker through the nail hole. Invert the can on the ground.

Light the firecracker fuse & run like mad. then watch the resulting launching of

the can into the air from the explosion.

If the firecracker did not explode for some reason quickly run to the can &

knock it over to be able to reuse the can.

Gerard

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> From: jjsmth@...

> Date: 2006/06/09 Fri PM 12:04:16 EDT

> To: thefatmanwalking_group

> Subject: Re: Re: HOW MANY OLD TIMERS REMEMBER THESE

PLAYTHINGS

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> my cousins would put gunpowder in cans and light a fuse and run like mad!

> Wonder we did not kill ourselves! but it sure was fun!

> Jane

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